Phrases, patterns and collocations |
| about |
partly/mainly/all about, do sth about, about time, about to do |
| age |
act your age, (at/by/from) the age of, under age, school/working/etc age, with age, age limit, age bracket/group, (in the) Stone/Bronze/Iron Age |
| ages |
take/spend ages (doing), ages ago, seems/feels like ages (since) |
| course |
run its course, in/during the course of, in due course, on a course, course of action/events |
| day |
make sb's day, day by day, from day to day, any day now, in this day and age, day off, day out, day trip |
| end |
come to an end, bring sth to an end, put an end to, at/by the (very) end (of), no end in sight (to), at an end, (for) hours/weeks/etc on end, in the end |
| ever |
hardly ever, if ever, first/only/etc sth ever (to), bigger/better/etc than ever, as ever, ever since, forever/ for ever |
| hours |
keep regular/late hours, work long hours, for hours (on end), (during) school/working/etc hours, at/until all hours, after hours, out of hours |
| job |
get/find/take/do a job, it's a good job, leave/lose your job, make/do a good/bad job of, make the best of a bad job, have a job to do / doing, sb's job to do, out of a job, on the job, job losses |
| moment |
take/be a moment, just/wait a moment, any moment (now), at the moment, at this/that moment in time, in a moment, the right moment (to/for), the moment of truth |
| never |
you never know, never again, never mind, never mind if/whether/etc., never ever, never-ending |
| now |
now is the time to, from now on, for now, up to now, right now, now that, any day/moment/etc now, just now, every now and then/again, nowadays |
| office |
take office, run for office, public office, head office, office holder, office block, office hours, office party |
| on |
on time, on and on, on end, from now/that moment/then on, You're on! |
| second |
give/take sb a second to do, in a second, within seconds, seconds later, a split second |
| start |
have/make a good/fine/bad/etc start, get off to a good/flying/head/bad/etc start, make a start (on/at), (right) from the start, for a start, (at/from the) start of, get (sth) started |
| term |
in the long/short term, end of term, term of/in office, term time, prison/jail term, fixed term, long/short-term |
| time |
pass the time, spend time, make time, find the time, take time, in/on time, by the time, time after time, part time, full-time, time frame, time limit |
| work |
work on/in/with/as/at/for, work like magic, work both ways, work a treat, work wonders, work your way (through/around), at work, out of / in work piece of work |
| year |
years of age, years old, year on year, for years, not/never in a million years leap year |
